As said earlier, the 66hr. workweek will change the calculus on costs. Cal Fire will no longer be the “cheapest” fire protection, but, still the best!
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The Angora Fire is what caused the GAO and Congress to reassess what the FS was protecting.
Balance of acres is supposed to be “like for like, cost for cost”
It was discovered that what the Feds were protecting was Valued in the billions of dollars compared to what the state was protecting was in the millions of dollars.
AEU, BDU, RRU, SHU all gained land and stations. As the price of real-estate in California raises, additional rebranding will occur.
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SCCFD got a page up FAQ
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Alternative Service Delivery Pacheco Pass/Casa De Fruita Area:
- Rent hotel rooms at Casa De Fruta Inn for crew accommodation and a secure place to
park the fire engine
Buried in their proposal to LafCo is that this move will cost them an extra $4.7 million on a current budget of $11.5 million. Their solution is to create a special service zone for south county and recoup the money through additional taxes on the property owners.
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Oh wait. Soooo it’s not cheaper? I’m shocked.
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Anyone know how the community outreach meeting went in San Martin?
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Not likely to be a good relationship between the central Santa Clara county fire district and CALFIRE after this move. The county is spending a pretty penny to try to force CALFIRE out, but still wants to rely on them for resources like dozers, aircraft, and crews since they have none. Too bad their plan is to staff engines out of hotels and temporary stations for likely years until they can secure land and build stations. I feel terrible for their personnel.
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Too bad those resources aren’t free.
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Does the dstrict fall under SRA or LRA?
LRA, it’s been a Calfire contract since the 80’s
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Although a Local Government provider isn’t the South Santa Clara Fire District predominantly SRA ? The State providing State wildland fire protection and the District providing the municipal fire service?
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A lot of the remote areas of the district are SRA, yes. But there’s a lot of LRA in the hills surrounding Morgan hill, San Martin and Gilroy.
Here is a district map:
Here’s a map that the county made with their district logo on it before LAFCO even approved the merger:
https://files.santaclaracounty.gov/exjcpb1611/2025-02/socofire_sra-map.pdf?VersionId=Ck5DPr1QwDKrmxWYZnQVbeNIRGobtfnF
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Continuing the discussion from Santa Clara County ends Cal Fire contract for rural communities:
Thanks for the map. I’m reminded how long it’s been sine my last fire there … many years have changed the map more than a bit😊
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Clearly CAL FIRE is too expensive.
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It has nothing to do with cost. The alternative is far more expensive.
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Was being facetious, CAL FIRE is double the apparatus at half the cost based on your chart.
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hard to tell these days! Some people are really that dense!
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That’s interesting I know alot of rural districts still fall under SRA for wildland.
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The Santa Clara County LAFCO voted to approve the dissolution of the South Santa Clara Fire District and annexation of the affected territory into the Central Fire Protection District (Santa Clara County Fire) earlier today.
https://www.youtube.com/live/adjun0giTSw
Meeting here.
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